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Closehauled

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; - said of a sailing vessel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Closehauled'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/closehauled.html. 1828.